Latest articles by Cory Memery
Horn of Africa refugees and migrants
I am privileged to have had the opportunity to meet and become friends with many Horn of Africa residents of public housing in Melbourne.
Read MoreCOVID outbreaks
The government’s response has not been police-led as with last year’s lockdowns – a welcome change! They are meeting with communities in online sessions and there is organised support with food and other resident needs.
Read MoreEnding homelessness in our city
Homelessness Week has been on our calendars for many years now. It runs from August 1 to 7 this year and you will probably be in that week when you are reading my column.
Read MorePublic housing – the best way to solve our housing crisis
When the Victorian parliamentary Inquiry into the Public Housing Renewal Program (PHRP) handed down its report on June 5, 2018, it advised there were 36,742 applicant households on the Victorian Housing Register (VHR) made up of 57,077 adults and 24,622 children – a total of 81,699 at the end of March 2018.
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Public housing residents’ voices have to be heard
Deborah Glass, the Victorian Ombudsman, investigated the state government’s lockdowns of high-rise public housing in Flemington and North Melbourne last year and came to the conclusion that residents’ human rights had been violated.
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In response to the Ombudsman …
Hello readers, thanks for all the feedback from my last column. In this issue I want to talk about the Victorian Ombudsman’s report into the “hard lockdown” of the public housing residents for two weeks at 33 Alfred St, North Melbourne.
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